Business process outsourcing is poised to increase at a CAGR (Compounded Annual Growth Rate) of 6.10% through 2018. Business process outsourcing is now recognized as a strategy that can inspire innovation and transformation within an organization, as agreed upon by...
World Environment Day 2015 – Pledge to Green Your Office
World Earth Day, observed on June 5th each year, serves as the 'people's day' for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. The theme for World...
Industrial Applications of OCR
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is one of the techniques most widely used in business nowadays. OCR software converts scanned or photographed documents into text searchable and editable files. Document scanning is increasingly performed in business offices with...
Google Handwriting Input Brings Back Good Old Handwriting
Google’s quest to improve mobile-friendliness is extending beyond SEO. It has just introduced Google Handwriting Input, by which users of Android devices can handwrite text on their device for any Android app. While there have been other handwriting apps before, this...
Digital Invoice Processing Saves Time and Money
Of the various accounting operations in a firm, processing paper forms such as invoices is one of the most resource-intensive. The speed and accuracy of invoice processing can be enhanced by managing invoices and account payable documents electronically. The term...
Clinical Informatics for Improved Healthcare Data Management
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has launched a new specialty in clinical informatics to educate physicians in managing health care data for better patient care. Clinical informatics combines the disciplines of information technology and computer...
Digital Tools and Data Management Solutions for Journalists
As news changes, newer digital tools are also evolving, helping to transform the media world and the ways in which journalists work. These tools allow reporters to access new data management platforms, browse data bases, test and learn the working of news apps,...
Protecting Your Small Business from Data Breaches
Businesses, regardless of size, have sensitive data and losing such information would affect customer relationships, and result in financial liabilities and legal penalties. Many small businesses are affected by data breaches. Customers are not always notified that...
What is Electronic Data Processing (EDP)?
Data is important for strategic decision making and in determining the way in which a business did business. Today, most organizations prefer electronic data processing (EDP) to gain advantages such as better control, better response, better customer service, and to...
Erratic Documentation – Some Red Flags to Avoid
The national statistics gathered on NHS care last year, have come up with mind-boggling news. According to the report there were 20,000 pregnant men in England. More alarmingly, over the same period, 17,000 men apparently required obstetric services, while a further...